Final Assignment (1980)
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In this complex spy caper, Nicole (Genevieve Bujold) is a Canadian broadcast journalist working on assignment in the former U.S.S.R. She is there to cover a visit by the Canadian prime minister, but along the way she discovers an unethical experimentation on children involving the use of steroids. She is also involved in smuggling out a girl for emergency brain surgery and develops a romantic liaison with Lyosha (Michael York), a bureaucrat in the Soviet press corps. A Jewish businessman she knows just happens to be in Russia, and she asks him to help her in the smuggling attempt. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Geneviève Bujold, Michael York, (more)
- Director(s):
- Paul Almond
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Final Assignment
In this complex spy caper, Nicole (Genevieve Bujold) is a Canadian broadcast journalist working on assignment in the former U.S.S.R. She is there to cover a visit by the Canadian prime minister, but along the way she discovers an unethical experimentation on children involving the use of steroids. She is also involved in smuggling out a girl for emergency brain surgery and develops a romantic liaison with Lyosha (Michael York), a bureaucrat in the Soviet press corps. A Jewish businessman she knows just happens to be in Russia, and she asks him to help her in the smuggling attempt. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
Complete Cast of Final Assignment
- Geneviève Bujold - Nicole Thomson
- Burgess Meredith - Zak
- Alexandra Stewart - Sam O'Donnell
- Michael York - Lyosha Petrov
- Colleen Dewhurst - Dr. Valentine Ulanova
- Richard Gabourie - Bowen
- Director(s):
- Paul Almond
- Writer(s):
- Marc Rosen
- Producer(s):
- Gail Thomson, Lawrence Hertzog
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Adult Situations)
- Categories:
- Mystery & Suspense, Action / Adventure
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